S.A.Sobhan, A Bengali District Magistrate (1930s) (Colorized)

S.A.Sobhan, A Bengali District Magistrate (1930s)

S.A.Sobhan (1911 - 1971) was a Bengali officer who, upon partition of India and Pakistan, was absorbed into the Civil Service of Pakistan (CSP) while those that went to India became part of the Indian Civil Service. His last appointment with the Government of Pakistan was Secretary Planning, in the President's Secretariat where he with worked directly with Gen. Mohammad Ayub Khan, then President of Pakistan.

The beginning appointments of S.A.Sobhan

1936 - Sub-Divisional Magistrate, Jessore (First Appointment)

1939 - Sub-Divisional Officer (SDO), Patuakhali

1940 - SDO, Faridpur

1943 - SDO, Brahmanbaria

1945 - Air-Raid Patrol Controller, Dhaka

1946 - SDO, Kalimpong (Darjeeling District)

1946 - SDO, Howrah (Calcutta District)

1947 - District Magistrate, Noakhali

1951 - District Magistrate, Faridpur

1953 - District Magistrate, Rajshahi